Bedell sentences man to prison for using box cutter to slice man under chin

McMullen had missed a bond hearing in March and had been a fugitive until his jailing earlier this month.

McMullen had pleaded guilty in February, saying he and another man “was just drinkin’ beer,” and “I was pretty messed up,” when “things got out of control, we got into a fight, and I guess I cut him.”

The investigation led by Clarksburg Police Detective Paul Graeber had asserted that McMullen used a box cutter to slit the other man under the left side of his chin, leaving a cut about 2 inches long.

Also:

— Jonathon Noah Boyles, 28, of Clarksburg, has pleaded guilty before Bedell to attempting to solicit a minor via a computer, according to Harrison Assistant Prosecutor James Armstrong.

Boyles could face 1-3 years in prison when he’s sentenced at a later date. He also will have to register as a sex offender for 10 years.

Boyles believed he was communicating with a 15-year-old girl — it was actually Bridgeport Lt. Gary Weaver conducting an internet sting — when the defendant said he would “get her flowers and take her (to) dinner” if she performed a sex act on him, the magistrate court complaint alleged.

Boyles’ wrongdoing occurred last Aug. 6, according to the complaint.

— Bedell sentenced Michael Lee Allman, 27, of Clarksburg, to 1-10 years in prison Monday, according to Harrison Assistant Prosecutor Susan Morris.

That came after the court found Allman in violation of the probation he’s serving for felony embezzlement.

Allman embezzled from a company that supplies ignition locks for vehicles in DUI cases.

— Timothy Joshua Golden, 28, of Clarksburg, has pleaded guilty before Harrison Circuit Judge James A. Matish to operating a clandestine drug laboratory.

He will be sentenced in August, according to Harrison Assistant Prosecutor Laura Pickens.

The Harrison County Street Crimes and Drug unit investigated.

— David Scott Thomas, 38, of Nutter Fort, has pleaded guilty before Matish to delivery of heroin, and conspiracy, according to the office of Harrison Prosecutor Rachel Romano.

Thomas will be sentenced at a later date.

The Greater Harrison Drug and Violent Crimes Task Force investigated.

— James Michael Losh Jr., 22, of Clarksburg, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to deliver crack cocaine, according to Morris.

Matish will impose sentence Aug. 18 in the Street Crimes and Drug unit case.

— Kimberly Elizabeth Cook, 33, of Clarksburg, has pleaded guilty before Matish to conspiracy to delivery crack cocaine, according to Assistant Prosecutor Morris.

The court held off deciding whether to accept the plea, setting another hearing Aug. 18.

The Street Crimes and Drug unit investigated.

— Whitney Marie Chipps, 26, of Pine Grove, Wetzel County, has waived her probable cause hearing before Harrison Magistrate Tammy Marple on a charge of felony child neglect creating risk of injury.

Chipps left her 5-month-old son unattended inside a Nissan Frontier at Walmart while she was shopping, Clarksburg Patrol Officer Laura McGlone has alleged.

The truck was parked, with the engine running and the doors locked, McGlone has alleged.

— Christian Shane Lanham, 24, of Barrackville, has waived his probable cause hearing before Harrison Magistrate Garth Beck on a burglary charge.

On April 29, Lanham broke into a Gregorys Run Road home and stole a shotgun, State Police Senior Trooper Roger Glaspell has alleged.

Beck granted a defense motion to reduce bond from $25,000, cash or surety, to $10,000 in the same form.

— Leslie Anne Adkins, 27, of Cross Lanes, Kanawha County, has waived her probable cause hearing before Marple on a Harrison County charge of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.

On May 5, Watkins and a parolee were occupying an apartment on Summit Park Way when it was raided by Harrison County Street Crimes and Drug unit officers, the criminal complaint alleges.

Marijuana, buprenorphine, processed and raw heroin, meth, a digital scale, packaging materials and almost $4,800 in cash were found under a mattress, the criminal complaint alleges.

Meth also was found in Adkins’ purse, the criminal complaint alleges.

— Shane Michael Yeager, 21, of Salem, has waived his probable cause hearing before Marple on a charge of felony possession with intent to deliver marijuana.

Law enforcement found $1,830 in Yeager’s backpack, as well as marijuana inside the vehicle in which he was a passenger, during a traffic stop on U.S. 50, Bridgeport Patrol Officer Aaron Lantz has alleged.

— Alexander Vaughn Ritter, 19, of Bridgeport, has been charged with felony fleeing with reckless indifference to the safety of others by Bridgeport Patrol Officer Cam Golden.

On June 10, Ritter fled on an all-terrain vehicle on U.S. 50, W.Va. 58, and W.Va. 26 in Bridgeport, Golden has alleged. Speeds reached over 56 mph in a 25 mph zone, Golden has alleged.

Marple set bond at $10,000.

— Billy J. Keyser, 32, of Buckhannon, has been charged with felony third-offense driving on a license suspended or revoked for DUI by Clarksburg Police Sgt. Don Quinn.

Keyser drove unlawfully Saturday on Interstate 79, Quinn alleged.

Bond was set at $8,000 by Marple.

— Bond for Chad Marice Neal, 22, of Duquesne, Pennsylvania, will remain at $60,000, cash or surety, following a court hearing Monday, Assistant Prosecutor Pickens said.

— Bedell has revoked the probation of Jeremy Cain Vanslyke, 28, of Shinnston, and sentenced him to 6 months in jail for misdemeanor possession of more than 15 grams, according to Pickens.

— Taylor N. Goots, 22, of Flemington, and Alicia Jeanette Henry, 25, of Clarksburg, are to be placed on probation after successfully completing the Anthony Correctional Center program for young offenders, according to Romano’s office.

Goots went to Anthony for felony child neglect creating substantial risk of death or serious injury. Henry went to Anthony for conspiracy to deliver heroin.